Saxby Chambliss: “I rise tonight to support the McConnell legislation that has been submitted relative to FISA modernization and say…”

“I rise tonight to support the McConnell legislation that has been submitted relative to FISA modernization and say, first, that I associate myself with the remarks of the Senator from Maryland. She has been a huge asset on the Intelligence Committee. She does her homework, she works hard, she studies the issues. She is exactly right. This is not a partisan issue by any means. This is truly an American issue because it is an issue that allows us to continue to protect Americans and allows us to do the best job we possibly can in the intelligence community to ensure we do not suffer another attack on American soil. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that will not happen, but the fact is, we need this updated, even though it is temporary, FISA modernized to allow our intelligence community to gather the type of information from the bad guys who are certainly out there getting up every day and making plans to attack assets of America, whether they are abroad or whether they are assets in the United States.”